You've been told about them by everybody — on the record, off the record, it doesn't matter.
They appear to shrink a basketball when shooting a hook, lefty or righty. They touch a rebound eight feet away and guide it into the basket in one motion....

Forbes' 2015 list of the world's richest people contains two new names linked to the Chicago Bulls: NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and Jerry Reinsdorf, team chairman.
Reinsdorf, also chairman of the White Sox, has a net worth estimated at $1.3...

Michael Jordan and some other NBA owners have reached new heights, landing on Forbes world list of billionaires.
Forbes released its list on Monday and noted that Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1 billion, thanks to his well-timed investment in the...

Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest players in NBA history and, according to Forbes Magazine, he's the richest North American to ever play professional sports.
Forbes revealed its annual billionaires ranking Monday, and Jordan was one of...

The newest member of Florida's wealthiest club knows a little something about basketball.
Former NBA star Michael Jordan who calls Jupiter home has made oodles of money from his Nike sponsorship, but also a giant chunk of change as being the majority shareholder of the Charlotte Bobcats. He's worth $1 billion, according to Forbes, which came out with its annual list of billionaires around the world.
This year in Forbes' snapshot valuation, the 29th year the publication has done the ranking, Bill Gates...

Winning an NCAA title at Connecticut.
Winning an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons.
Playing with Michael Jordan.
Richard (Rip) Hamilton accomplished plenty in his playing days. And he officially retired Thursday, after 14 NBA seasons.
"I think it's my time," Hamilton told the Free Press. "Everybody wants to play forever. I wish I could play until I'm 50 years old, but that's not the case. You can't beat Father Time. Father Time catches up with all of us."
The Pistons' 2004 championship season...

Now Florida State guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes' name can be etched into sports lore alongside the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant and "Pistol" Pete Maravich.
They're on a short list of players to get into such an offensive "zone" that their performances led to memorable scoring outbursts.
Rathan-Mayes, a little-known freshman guard from Canada, erupted for 30 points in the final 4:38 in Wednesday's failed comeback at Miami.
"It was a crazy feeling just to be locked into a zone like that," Rathan-...

The news that Derrick Rose will have knee surgery again hit the Chicago Bulls and their fans hard and left them in a familiar spot — trying to get by without their star point guard.
The torn meniscus in his right knee was announced Tuesday night, another tough twist for a franchise, a star, his sponsors and a fanbase that thought the Bulls were entering another golden era just a few years ago, with the Chicago product leading the renaissance.
Instead, he's having surgery on his right knee for...

NEW YORK — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points, Langston Galloway made a clinching 3-pointer and the New York Knicks ended a sad Saturday for the franchise with a 103-98 victory over Toronto, the Raptors' season-high fifth straight loss.
After beginning the night with a moment of silence for former Knicks forward Anthony Mason, who died Saturday at 48, the team finished it by celebrating its second straight victory.
Former Raptors center Andrea Bargnani scored 19 points and newcomer Alexei Shved...

Anthony Mason, the rugged power forward who was a defensive force in the NBA from the 1990s into the early 21st century, has died. He was 48.
New York Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz confirmed Mason's death, which was first reported Saturday by the New York Daily News.
The 6-foot-7 Mason won the NBA's Sixth Man award in 1995 with a Knicks team that was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs in one of its classic clashes with the Indiana Pacers. Mason also won all-defensive-team honors...